FedEx Lawsuit

The US House of Representatives is organized into several committees, where legislators tend to focus their efforts on a particular scope of issues.  One of the most powerful and influential committees is the Committee on Ways and Means, which deals with issues involving interstate commerce and revenue. 

Like other committees, this one holds regular hearings on different issues, and a particular hearing that occurred in May of this year should be of particular interest to anyone affected by the Fedex driver controversy.  That’s because this issue was specifically mentioned by Rebecca Smith a staff attorney with the National Employment Law Project.

During her testimony, Smith mentioned Fedex twice when describing the sometimes-problematic nature of classifying workers as independent contractors as opposed to employees, and her overall motivation was to prompt Congress to tighten the loopholes of this classification on the part of employers. 

If you have been harmed by this classification, contact the Fedex overtime attorneys at Pulaski & Middleman to schedule a free initial consultation.